News from 2017
Your Cost Furniture LLC alleged to have delivered defective furniture
HOUSTON – A Georgia couple alleges that a Harris County furniture business failed to deliver furniture on time.
Paxton gives opinion on authority concerning court registry accounts
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in an opinion released Nov. 13 said a
HomeAway asks court to dismiss lawsuit over traveler fee
AUSTIN – The Austin Division of the Western District of Texas is being asked to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed by property owner plaintiffs who alleged the imposition of a new traveler fee by a company that makes short-term rental properties available for travelers on the Web was a breach of contract and represented fraud and unjust enrichment.
Grandfather of DeOrr Kunz Jr. sues Philip Klein for public remarks concerning toddler’s father
BEAUMONT – Philip Klein, an area blogger and private investigator, has been hit with a libel and slander suit, brought by the grandfather of DeOrr Kunz Jr. – the Idaho Falls toddler who vanished in July 2015.
Motorist seeks $1 million from Kem Express after tractor-trailer collision in La Porte
HOUSTON – A Santa Fe woman is seeking $1 million after an accident with tractor-trailer injured her neck and other parts of her body.
Ninth Court affirms take-nothing verdict in med-mal against SE Medical Center
BEAUMONT - Last June, a Jefferson County jury cleared the Medical Center of Southeast Texas of any negligence following a medical malpractice trial.
Lee College students claim instructor administered injections with dangerous solution as part of class
HOUSTON – Lee College in Baytown is the subject of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a group of students who claim their instructor injected them with a chemical solution.
Op-Ed: It's Time for Pharma to Take Responsibility for Opioid Deaths
There is much blame to be shared, but why the delay for judgment?
Galveston realty firm sues following man's refusal to convey property
GALVESTON – A local-based realty firm is suing a Humble man after he allegedly refused to convey his property to it, recent Galveston County court records indicate.
Conference participant sues host venue over slip and fall
HOUSTON – A female participant in the annual Offshore Technology Conference claims she was injured while leaving the facility hosting the event.
Harris Co. man sustains burns, sues employer
HOUSTON – A Harris County man has sued his employer after he sustained burns more than a year ago.
Shopping center owners answer lawsuit filed over fatal 2015 robbery
HOUSTON – The defendants in a lawsuit filed as a result of a late 2015 robbery at a north Houston shopping center which claimed the life of a married father of one formally responded to the allegations, according to recent Harris County District Court records.
Wrongful death suit filed against L'Auberge Du Lac Hotel & Casino
HOUSTON – The family members of a woman who passed away after falling from a slot machine's chair are seeking more than $1 million from a Louisiana casino.
Former educator at SFA alleges sex discrimination in denial of promotion
LUFKIN – A former educator at Stephen F. Austin State University brought a lawsuit against the Nacogdoches-based institution, claiming it did not promote her to a deanship because of her sex.
Texas AG files brief urging the Supreme Court to protect prayer at public meetings
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and a coalition of 22 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect the practice of lawmaker-led prayer at public meetings.
Court seals documents in dispute between Ericsson, TCL Communications over patent
MARSHALL – Days after a federal judge in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas ruled on Nov. 4 that a computer software patent registered by Ericsson Inc. is not invalid, dealing a blow to a competing firm TCL Communications, case documents have been sealed.
Chef Kent Rathbun wins the right to use his own name and likeness for now
DALLAS – Chef Kent Rathbun continues a costly dispute with his former business partners over the use of his name and likeness, but the state's 5th District Court of Appeals has granted him the right to use his own name and likeness while the lawsuit is pending, based on the doctrine of “unclean hands.
Harris Co. woman sues department store after alleged robbery leaves her with injuries
HOUSTON – A Harris County woman has pursued legal action in response to an alleged crime which occurred last May at a Burlington Coat Factory of Texas store in the northwest part of the county.
Tax appraisal districts cannot move boundary lines between school districts, Paxton opines
AUSTIN – A tax appraisal district cannot unilaterally move a boundary line between two contiguous Texas school districts, such as a state lawmaker alleges happened in Montgomery County in 2016, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a recently issued opinion.
Paxton's amicus brief in illegal immigrant's abortion battle doesn't change outcome of case
AUSTIN – In an effort to prevent Texas from becoming a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants seeking abortions, Attorney General Ken Paxton headed an eight-state coalition to head off abortion on demand for aliens who are in the United States illegally without success.